diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index fefdc5207ae1575cbfc800f36aca597e4b1372b7..ed98688291f7be3d5b7eebaa6122ea18ff4bdb99 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ SITE_ID = 1
 USE_I18N = True
 USE_L10N = True
 
+LOCALE_PATHS = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'locale')
+
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'site_media')
 MEDIA_URL = '/site_media/'